Firm to integrate legal digitalisation improvement in Nigeria

Prince Joel and Associates, a local law firm has pledged to boost the digitalisation of legal practice to fast track the rendering of quality and well-researched legal opinion to Nigerians and diaspora.

According to a press statement made available to BusinessDay Prince William-Joel manager partner , said that the ideology is to integrate digital technologies into law services in order to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the general public on legal issues in a less stressful fast and cost efficient manner.

William-Joel who was recently conferred an award of recognition by the British Nigeria Law Forum (BNLF), over his innovation of cutting edge technology and digital possibilities in the practice of law within and outside Nigeria, said there is need to continuously deploy the instrument of law in resolution of issues for clients and the general public in line with local and international best practices.

The BNLF award which emanated from the first African Law Week Conference in Abuja in 2001, hosted by the British Council to discuss the challenges of legal profession such as globalisation, the rule of law, access to justice, human rights, policing, prisons, capital punishment, environmental law and a host of other issues which are still pertinent today is a judicature to promote legal ideas.

William-Joel said: “The BNLF took special recognition of our foray into the world of digitalization of legal practice in Nigeria, which have accelerated the prevalence of legal luminary for the general public.

“I feel honored to have been conferred the BNLF award of recognition for my work. It is a further boost to the determination to uphold the rule of law and attain the standard of the pragmatic change of the legal market for sustainable prevalence in law and digitalization” he said.

Adding that, the award is a call to duty for him to further enlighten individuals, the general public and corporate organizations on pertinent handles to legal issues in relation to real estate law, immigration, contract and others.

Anthonia  Obokoh